Microbe and Pathogens

Microbe noun - A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.

Pathogens and microbe are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Pathogens" with "Microbe", this nouns are similar.

Microbe and pathogens are semantically related in germ topic. You can use "Microbe" instead a noun "Pathogens", if it concerns topics such as bacterium, microscopic organism.